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Bibliography For "Library Of The Future Display", Arianna Tillman, Isabella Piechota

Library Displays and Bibliographies

A bibliography created to support a display about the library of the future at the Leatherby Libraries during September 2024 at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University.

Bibliography For "Roxane Gay Display", Arianna Tillman, Isabella Piechota

Library Displays and Bibliographies

A bibliography created to support a display about Roxane Gay at the Leatherby Libraries during September 2024 at the Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University.

Coffman, Elesha J. Turning Points In American Church History: How Pivotal Events Shaped A Nation And A Faith. Grand Rapids, Mi: Baker Academic, 2024., Rebecca A. Halberg

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Fry, John. A Prairie Faith: The Religious Life Of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Grand Rapids, Mi: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2024., Randi K.J. Baltzer

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Paraclete Press. Season Of Beauty: A Lent And Easter Treasury Of Readings, Poems And Prayers. Brewster, Ma: Paraclete Press, 2024, Cynthia Hammell

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

Diverse Book Finders: Diversifying A Children’S Picture Book Collection By Integrating Acquisitions Into A Classroom Experience, Mitchell Scott, Melanie E. Hughes, Niyetta Williams-Hill, Cathy Johnson

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Two recent trends in collection development include finding new ways to bring patron voices into collection development and developing strategies for increasing the diversity and representation within collections. Indiana University Southeast (IU Southeast) Library recently developed a project that combined these two strategic directions by embedding an acquisition experience that used students enrolled in a sophomore block elementary education course to use the Diverse Book Finder (DBF) to select diverse picture books for the IU Southeast collection. While diversification strategies and projects around children’s picture book collections in academic libraries are nothing new, IU Southeast’s project is unique in its …

Acquisitions Unit Annual Report 2023-2024, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual Report of the Acquisitions Unit, University Libraries, University of Rhode Island for FY2024. Covers personnel, work flow, special projects, and serial, monograph, and e-resource acquisitions. Supplemental files include data on library materials expenditures by a number of variables as well as important working documents from the year.

New Resource Nejm Ai, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

We're excited to announce the addition of the New England Journal of Medicine: AI to our collection. This cutting-edge resource provides in-depth coverage of the latest artificial intelligence applications in medicine.

To access NEJM AI, simply search for the title in the library catalog or visit the Find Journals link.

Save The Date: 2024 Book & Author Event, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library invite you to save the date for the 2024 Book & Author EVENT featuring Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, PhD author of Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Join us Friday, October8, 20124 at 6:00 pm in the TMC Library. Details and tickets will be available soon: http://library.tmc.edu/friends-event.

Welcome New And Returning Students, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Discover the TMC Library, check all the library services offered to you.

Can't find what you need? Let us help! We offer Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services to access articles and books not in our collection. Enjoy 15 free ILL requests per year. Additional requests are $15 each. Place all ILL requests online through our website.

University Of South Carolina Libraries Collection Development Policy, University Of South Carolina Libraries

University Libraries Policies and Reports

University Libraries supports the mission and vision of the University of South Carolina by building and managing general collections that support student success and research excellence. In developing its general collections, University Libraries strives to respond to current and anticipated teaching and research needs, to provide the broadest possible access to library resources, and to responsibly steward materials of enduring academic value.

Tmc Library Closed For Labor Day, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Please note that the TMC Library will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day.

Wilson, Debbie W. Little Strength, Big God. Abilene, Tx: Leafwood Publishers, 2023., Katie M. Meeks

The Christian Librarian

No abstract provided.

The Symbiosis Of Volunteerism: A Story Of One Academic Library Welcoming Volunteers, Shan Martinez

The Christian Librarian

Although public and school libraries, as well as many non-profit organizations regularly utilize volunteers, academic libraries are less likely to welcome them. This article describes the variety of volunteers received at Brown Library of Abilene Christian University and the tasks that they perform. It also presents a discussion of the motivation to accept volunteers, perhaps a faith practice.

Ucf Libraries 2024 Faculty Research Showcase, Michael Furlong, David Benjamin, Renee Cole Montgomery, Chereeka Garner, Andy Todd, Peggy L. Nuhn, Jeanne Piascik, Tina H. Buck, Sara Duff, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ Faculty Research Showcase has been a tradition of the library to highlight the publications, research projects, and scholarly accomplishments of library faculty members. The 2024 Showcase features seven presentations: "Alas, Babylon Afterword, Centipede Press (1959/2024)", "Throwback to Throwback Thinking: Integrating Archives into Student Engagement Activities", "Recent Research Activity: A Tale of Two Studies", "I Think I Can… I Think I Can…: Lessons in Persistence and Relationships from The Little Engine that Could", "A Hybrid Approach to Library Deaccessioning: A Case Study from the University of Central Florida", "KBART Automation vs Manual …

Looking For Full Text Access At The Tmc Library?, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library provides access to over 70,000 online journals, over a million ebooks and over 300 databases. Need help accessing full text articles and ebook chapters?

Need more help? Please click the Ask A Librarian button to the right.

Teaching In Clinics: Open Access Journal In Digital Commons, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Teaching in Clinics is one of the open access, peer-reviewed online academic journals published semiannually in the Digital Commons@TMC. The journal aims to encourage researchers and educators to share their studies for implementing novel teaching methods. In addition to excellence of teaching, Teaching in Clinics seeks to bring academic discussions of the incoming or present challenges in health and education policies. The most recent issue launched late last month.

Open Access Publishing Support, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Check the recently updated Open Access Publishing Support LibGuide for the most recent information about scholarly publications. This newly revamped LibGuide is a great resource to learn about Read and Publish. Read and Publish is also known as a transformative agreement, it is an open access (OA) model that bundles payment for reading access and payment for publishing into a single contract.

Electronic Resources Updates - 2024 Q2, Melanie Mcgurr, Gregg Harris

Electronic Resources Quarterly Updates

No abstract provided.

Conducting An Author Identity Diversity Audit For Stem Monographs In An Academic Library, Tricia Martone

Dartmouth Library Staff Publications

The goal of the following effort is to move towards a collection that all STEM students at Dartmouth College can see themselves reflected in; not just in books written about diversity in STEM, but in books written by diverse authors in STEM producing scholarship in their fields. An author identity diversity audit was conducted on 154 randomly sampled STEM monographs, individually selected and purchased in fiscal years 2020 - 2023. Methodologies from Toonen & Frank (2021), Frank (2021), and Emerson & Lehman (2022) were used and adapted to randomly sample 10% of titles that met the criteria for the audit, …